External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152865	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103886	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105819	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97615
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100927	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101442	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94314	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105963
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104953	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106241	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106062	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105655
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106268	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106146	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106627	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104433
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115589	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115836	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115414	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125044
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114248	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111481	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109630	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107081
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104455	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132007

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease